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Rental Housing Commission faces transition but says core functions can continue
Summary
Daniel Mayer, general counsel to the Rental Housing Commission, said the commission's FY27 budget is largely unchanged but the recent departure of Chief Judge Adam Hunter creates administrative transition work and potential delays; RHC said it will continue to hear cases with current staff but some training and database development may be curtailed.
Daniel Mayer, general counsel to the Rental Housing Commission, told the Committee on Housing that the commission's proposed FY27 budget reduces one-time spending but maintains funding for staff positions, and that the agency expects to continue performing statutory functions despite the recent departure of Chief Administrative Judge Adam Hunter and a long‑time clerk.
"In this difficult budget year, the mayor's proposed FY27 budget reduces the overall Commission spending by just over 5%. This is significant, but it doesn't make any cuts to the Commission's most important resource, its people," Mayer said. He described administrative turnover tasks (approvers, procurement, clerk duties) and noted some activities—travel to training, a summer law clerk stipend, and a phase 2 database expansion—may not be fundable under the proposal.
Committee members pressed Mayer for a timeline on naming a new chief judge and asked whether the RHC can continue to convene two-judge quorums. Mayer said hearings can proceed as two-judge panels but cautioned that recusals could create temporary quorum problems and that some legacy complicated cases may face longer delays during the transition.
